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Cherelle Parker: “I'm not going to take any tool out of the toolbox for our…”

Featuring: Cherelle Parker, Democratic | Mayor of Philadelphia | Pennsylvania

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From humble beginnings: Cherelle Parker shares personal story of becoming Philly's 1st female mayor

Published | Video Starts at 03:02

We've had the talk with Langston, and we'll continue to have to have the talk with him because we know what it's like when that law was disproportionately weaponized. But the mayor says police need to know she has their back. I'm not going to take any tool out of the toolbox for our police officers, law enforcement officers, to enforce the law. These young people who are responsible for a lot of these crimes, if you could talk to them right now, looking at them in the camera, what do you say to them? (03:02–03:11)

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Asserts that all enforcement tools will remain available to police officers.

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